Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-04-25
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Row Two Editors COIlided in the street
--The Rothacker- Kosewater Eight.

Row Two Editors COIlided in the street
The RothacKer- Kosewater Eight.
Omaha Herald, 2S: The cause of the
trouble which created psssing street
sensation started last winter. The
readers of the Omaha papers will re-
member the ferecity with which
MIR. Rosewater assailed Mr..
Roshacker, nsing printing ink as his
weapon and how Mr.. Rothacker returned
the fire. Newspaper attacks strnok
home. and when Mr. Rnsewater stated at
Lincoln, that we're it not for family ties
he would go gcnninR for MIR. Rothacker,
the later concluded he better 20 .sloadea
for bear" The newspaper articles have
been continued, and yesterday morning
Mr.. Rothacker's paper ontinned another
oaustic editorial on Mr.. Rosswater, un-
der the heading "About Skunks."
Among other things it said:
The dirty, little, disrsputable drab,
whose name is Rosenwasser, and who is
passing under the alias of Rosewater, is
making an effort to arrange nomina-
tions in this city. We imagine that he
will be unsuccessful.
He is as false to his religion as he is
to his origin, Notoriously an infidel, he
holds the religion Of his fathers in con-
tempt, and no synagogue has needed
chloride of lime by reason Of his
presence. He has been ashamed of his
name and ashamed of his parentage.
He has felt disgraced ut having foreign
origin. The universe ut large is equally
disgraced by his existence.
MIR. Rosewater's attention was frat
called to the article in Goodman's drug
store, AS he perused it, line after, his
rose. When he reached the end it waa
at the boiling point. He threw the paper
down, and biting small section Of his
mustache walked out. AS he reached
the corner of Farnham and Eleventh
streets Jadge Hawes stopped him. Mr..
Rosewater partially turned his back
to the wind. and as he did he saw Mr..
Rothacker within few feet OF him, j ust
what happened is hard to tell, because
neither Judge Hawes, MIR. Rosewater
nor Mr.. Rothacker's stories agree beyond
this fact, and that ia that Mr.. Rothaeker
struck MIR. Rosewater on the head with
billy. Mr., Rosewater said to q Herald
reporter that when he saw Mr.. Rothacker
approach he said: "You mean scoun-
drei, that was a contemplate and vile
attack You made on me this morning.
MIR. Rothacker says the remark was !,
Here comes that damn di2ty fellow.
now" while Judge Hawes says that Mr..
Rosewater in turning sround said, "You 8
-of q b-h, if you don't quit following
me I'll kill you" Something, however,
was said, with the result mentioned.
When MIR, Rosewater received the blow
on the head he h s.a;ssf<; staggered back but
recovered himself and grabbed TOR Jadge
Hawes' stick. The Judge was for peace
| and held on to 1t. Another man stand
ing near caught the billy in Mr.. Roth
acker's hand and the fight was nipped
in the bud. Ten minutes later the po-
lice court contained both OF the editors,
Mr.. Rosewater was the first to arrive.
He went soquiok that Judge Halves,
who started with him, was distanced.
He dropped in two minutes behind MIR.
lRosewRter. The latter asked for. a
warrant. II want q warrant for o. 81.
1 Rothacker. charging him with intent to
kill, said Mr.. Rosewater.
/ Assault with intent to lick you" said
Mr.. Rothacker, who stepped III the door
Ijust as Mr.. Rosewater made known his
request.
The warrant for assault with intent
to xii" was issued, served in the
Icourt-room. and Mr.. Rothacker released
on 81 600 bail to appear for preliminary
examination next Tuesday.
i Mr.. Rnsewatef was asked for his yer
sion Of the affair last night. He said
| II arose earlier than usual, having Il
4 get some tickets printed for tks
primaries. / went to Bohemian town
] then to the printers, and happened Il
drop into Goodman's drug store. Their.
was shown the Republican, having mi
attention called to the attack on myself
1t was such o. vile one that it naturall,
: made me very mad. A little later, whel
walking to the Office, met Pat Hawes
de said he wanted to speak to me.
stopped and partially turned around
and as did ! saw Rothacker. He va
3 within few feet Of me, { don't knoy
3 whether he came across the street o
whether he was following me. AS 500,
as saw him said: You mean scour
drel, that was vile and contemptibi
3 attack you made on me this morning.
The other part of the affair is give
t above. Continuing, Mr.. Rosewater said
81 was without u thing to do any thin,
: had on long coat which was buttone
a up. couldn't do anything. I used
carry revolver but / have put thf
aside. III / had had it yesterday woul
IS have shot him.
= t'Is it true you threatened to shoe
i Mr.. Rothacker at Lincoln last winter
"Yes, did. Ill tell you the fact
although the Herald printed them
the time. I have been friendly vii
Is Rothacker until we went to Lincol
It Going down in the train we had ta
Is and gave him some advice or info
If nation which I, knowing every perso
Il thought would be valuable to him. Wht
got down noticed him relating IL
4 some people in the hotel and they we
laughing about it as a great Joke.
met him a little later and said, 81
u have nothing mere to do with you
o cluded by saying would not resent
- like that. just after reading 1t I N
'If could have seen Rothacker wher
read that article ! would have shot hi
I'd show hiTn ~hethsx I'd ssae:stit
i. not. n it were not for my family /
na n shoot him yet" IEaven't spoken
na Rothacker since that time.
"Do you intend to push the ca
", against Mr.. Rothaoker ?"
eu II have nothing to do with it now.
W. IS state case and IN the hands OF I
" state. will appear against him as {
:, principal witness. Twill never withdr
~ the complaint
ms bis Mr.. RotEacker said to represen
40 tive Of the Herald: II was going do
nd Farnham street On my way to my off